• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

1. black
2. grey
3. blue
4. red
5. brown
6. white

The voice gets to the soul of a person more than any other instrument. Because it’s the voice. It sings talks, it cries, it laughs, it squeals, it barks, it shouts it whispers, There is no other instrument that can do that. We’re born with it.

Bobby McFerrin

Related Topics

LaughingSoulVoice

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

| Next

More Bobby McFerrin Quotes

• 

  One song may be Bach, the next blues, a song from TV, or a nursery rhyme or jazz piece.

  BOBBY MCFERRIN
  NurseryOnePieceRhymeSongTelevision
• 

  I couldn’t do anything without faith. I couldn’t open up my eyes, I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t speak, I couldn’t sing.

  BOBBY MCFERRIN
  EyeSpeakWalks
• 

  I think play and joy and feeling good deserve more of our time. I don’t see why adults are supposed to grow out of those things.

  BOBBY MCFERRIN
  DeserveMorePlayThinking
• 

  When I was figuring out how to perform solo, I wanted to move back and forth between bass riffs, melody, and harmony, so I often used sounds instead of — or alongside — the words of a song.

  BOBBY MCFERRIN
  AlongsideFiguringHarmonyPerformSong
• 

  If I stand there, appreciating the world around me as full of amazing sounds and the possibility of new ones,

  BOBBY MCFERRIN
  PeopleTeachingThinking
• 

  You can try a new way of singing a song you’ve performed for years, a new way of showing your family your love for them, or a new recipe.

  BOBBY MCFERRIN
  RecipeShowSingingTryWay
• 

  I’d actually been making my living as an organist with bands since I was probably 15 or 16 years old, and then as a senior in high school I put together a jazz quintet called The Bobby Mack Jazz Quintet.

  BOBBY MCFERRIN
  ActuallyExperiencePeopleSchoolSeniorYears
• 

  Music is so powerful, it needs to be used for some kind of redeeming work. To lift peoples spirits, to lift their souls.

  BOBBY MCFERRIN
  NeedsPowerfulSoul
• 

  I want them to have this sense of real, real joy from the depths of their being. Because I think when you take them to that place, then you open up a place where grace can come in.

  BOBBY MCFERRIN
  DepthsGraceJoyPlaceRealSense
• 

  Improvisation means coming to the situation without rigid expectations or preconceptions. The key to improvisation is motion.

  BOBBY MCFERRIN
  ExpectationsKeysMean
• 

  Each of us might give that phrase a different meaning. It’s open to interpretation, and one song becomes a thousand songs. I love that.

  BOBBY MCFERRIN
  DeservesEach LoveGoodSong
• 

  I actually fought the idea for a while because it seemed almost too radical, but it became obvious what I was supposed to be doing.

  BOBBY MCFERRIN
  ActuallyAlmostFoughtIdeaSuppose
• 

  When we listen to improvisational jazz, or solo classical violinists, the way they phrase and inflect melodies feels vocal, like they’re talking to us.

  BOBBY MCFERRIN
  MovingSongTalking
• 

  The audience is like my instrument. It’s not just me up there, it’s collaborative.

  BOBBY MCFERRIN
  AudienceInstrumentsPerforming
• 

  Miles Davis turned his back to the audience when he came out on stage, and he offended people. But, he wasn’t there to entertain; he was all about the music. I kind of do that.

  BOBBY MCFERRIN
  HostKindPeople
• 

  Musicians are the architects of heaven.

  BOBBY MCFERRIN
  ArchitectHeavenMusician